Alcohol question

I was genuinely shocked by the amount of calories in a lot of cocktails. Either steer clear of them completely and stick to something like vodka or gin with a diet mixer or just forget logging them, have one night where you don't think about it and then get straight back to it (once the hangover passes obviously ) have fun!

Drink a glass of water between drinks. That will help slow you down and keep you from getting drunk and perhaps binging on food.

Shots!

I like to enjoy my alcohol. I work it into my daily calories a few times a week. I like cheesecake too and make sure I can have that when I want it. Hey, last night I consumed over 700 calories in captain Morgan and sprite. But that's what I workout for. Liquor and cheesecake. Cheers!

My mom has introduced me to this awesome drink:
1 part vodka (1 shot)
2 parts club soda
1 part lime juice
= an approximate 90 calorie drink!

pixie_mills wrote: »

Thank you guys!
Haha! My alcohol tolerance wasn't very good to begin with anyway I'll probably be done after only a few. I have no problem drinking slowly...my fiance's always complaining about me taking longer than an hour to drink a cup of tea, which is normally cold by then lol (honestly, if clubs/pubs sold tea I'd be laughing! :P)

Daft question: Does Malibu coconut rum count as a clear spirit???

Malibu is 51 calories per shot (25ml), whereas pure vodka is 55 calories per shot. Malibu is roughly half as potent as vodka though, so anything made with Malibu is likely to be double measure (102) calories. It doesn't count as a clear spirit because it contains other ingredients, but it's still low calorie compared to beer or cocktails.

Malibu tastes quite nice with cream soda, which has diet versions, so a double malibu with cream soda is only 104 calories. If you can get diet pineapple fizzy pop, that's also 104 calories and tastes great! Otherwise mix it with diet coke or lemonade. Try to avoid mixing it with juice, because juice is high in calories.

slittle80 wrote: »

Unfortunately the problems with alcohol go beyond the calories in the drink. The alcohol slows down your metabolism.

That's more of a myth. It's true that exercise increases your metabolism whereas alcohol decreases it, but the differences are so minimal it's not worth worrying about.

http://vitals.lifehacker.com/how-to-drink-without-messing-up-your-weight-loss-1689799515

Here's a good article which showcases some studies about drinking and weight loss. The gist of the article is that alcohol in moderation doesn't ruin your weight loss effort.

seedot11 wrote: »

slittle80 wrote: »

Unfortunately the problems with alcohol go beyond the calories in the drink. The alcohol slows down your metabolism.

That's more of a myth. It's true that exercise increases your metabolism whereas alcohol decreases it, but the differences are so minimal it's not worth worrying about.

http://vitals.lifehacker.com/how-to-drink-without-messing-up-your-weight-loss-1689799515

Here's a good article which showcases some studies about drinking and weight loss. The gist of the article is that alcohol in moderation doesn't ruin your weight loss effort.

When you're looking to lose the last few pounds, that little bit will be all the difference you need. You can find a thousand contradicting studies online if you want, and that's fine. But I can tell you from personal experience, that when I have a few drinks, it has an effect.

We have a lot of people that come into the bar and will order vodka with water/soda water and then flavor it with drink drops. I think it's pretty yummy, if you aren't against flavored water.

Dragonberry (strawberry) Rum (about 70cals per 1oz) + diet sprite/7up + a splash of cranberry for color. That's a good, generally low cal fruity drink. Also is good with Mango instead of the Dragonberry. Coconut Rum (Malibu) ain't so bad, just depends on what you mix it with. No juices, but diet coke or something is okay.

Any of the weird three olives flavors (tartz, dude, loopy, mixed berry) with diet 7up. Or straight up as a shot.

Bacardi Limon in unsweetend tea. That's a good one if you put enough lemons on it.

Flavored vodka and sugar free redbull (cherrybomb, grapebomb, etc.) in you wanna get weird. I wouldn't do anything with liquer in it (ie peach schnapps, triple sec, puckers, etc.) or with mixer (sour mix, etc).

One thing though, a lot of the alcoholic measurements on MFP count a shot as 1oz but most bars standard 1.25oz to 1.50oz (thats my bar's standard). So just be aware it can say a serving of vodka is only 70 calories, but you could be poured a serving and a half.